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My LHBS is 1.5 hours away. I would have done this if I had a closer one. A double batch, oh yeah!

I went for it. My original name was Timebomb Graf, but I've renamed this batch to Hoppy Graf. And it works cause the hops will probably be balanced out by Easter!

SOAB>[ I just figured out that I doubled my hop addition. And Brandon STRESSED not to add more than .5 oz. I used cascade. I'm 15 mins into my boil. What do I do? Scrap the batch or go with it?

Today I'm shooting to make a cider and my recipe calls for torrified wheat. 4 of the 4 Hbs around me don't have anything in stock. I found a link on how to torrify it with a popcorn maker, but I don't have one. I'm only supposed to use an ounce of torrified wheat. Does anyone know how I can make...

Of course. Gonna dig out one of my old Hespelers!

Good point, ah duh. Homemade hockey stick mash paddle, here I come!!

OK, I've sifted through sections of this 181 page forum and came up with a few questions that don't seem to be answered clearly for me yet. Here they are. Simple short answers work! 1. Do I prime the bottles and if so, how much and what kinda sugar works best? 2. Do I use something like Mott's...

Here's a pic. I think I'll try to bo water up to capacity in my 9 gallon pot. If it can handle 9 gallons water, it should be able to handle 6-7 gallons wort.

One of you suggested a hockey stick. I'm seriously thinking about this and wondering if there's anything special I need to do to the stick? I'd probably cut the blade off the stick, then shorten the stick so it's not super long in my 9 gallon pot. I'll also probably sand anything off that could...

I'm about to buy a 9 gallon boil pot and go all grain. I purchased a cheap propane burner and wok a couple years ago but don't have the information on it anymore. It has a 10 psi regulator on it and I'd like to know if there's a way to test it's ability to boil my wort before I plunge into it...

I added 1 lb of honey

I just bottled a honey bourbon stout yesterday and have a series if readings. Wondering if there's a way to calculate the alcohol percentage. Here are the readings I took throughout my brewing process. Original gravity: 1.044 Transfer to secondary added honey(SG: 1.425). Gravity before...

I only hung it over the edge to show the length. I can make a nice teardrop on the inside!

Here it is, all put together! I'll post how it works after its first use!!

I picked it up for $20. I've been looking at round 10 gal ones for like 50. So for a 12 gal at 30$ off, I consider that a killer deal. This is also the even cheaper one, without the grooved bottom. I let you know how it works. A side question, has anyone put one of these together and used an...

Tonight I found a killer deal on the basic coleman 48 qt cooler at meijers. Everywhere I look people are using the coleman extremes. Any downside to using this basic one before I rip the spigot out? Anyone had bad failure or good success with it?

One question before today? My brews in the secondary now and fully fermented. Do I need to put an airlock in the bung of the barrel? I'll only have the beer in there for about 4-5 days. If so, how do I go about drilling a hole in the bung? I thought about just drilling it while it was in the...

My current plan is to age 4-5 days, taste and figure out where I want to go from there.

So you're saying you just left it sealed till your 4 weeks passed? Did you rinse it before putting in the beer or just siphon to it?

Hey, I'm in the same boat. Which route did you go? I just picked up a freshly dumped bourbon barrel and I'll be putting a honey stout in it, but not for a few weeks. I'd like to do the pint of bourbon option since I could probably just dump it right back into the barrel. It's a 5 gallon barrel...